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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-05-28, Page 3BRITISH RU D GET Income Tax Will be Part of Bri- tain's Fiscal Machinery. :Increase in What Asquith Declares "The Fairest of All Taxes." London, May 24.—The House of Com- mons to -night, by _a vote of 299 to 96, passed the budget's imposition of a 28 - cent tax on unearned incomes and on incomes exceeding $15,000; also the tsuper tax of 12 cents upon incomes ex- eeeding $25,000 levied on the amount by which they exceed $15,000. In the course of the debate Premier Asquith referred to the protest made ,by bankers against the budget. He ,pointed out that the bankers admitted the necessity of increased taxation to meet the increased expenditures. He 'challenged them to find a way that would be more equitable or less injuri- ous to the country's trade. The Premier estimated the average income tax in Great Britain, including the super tax, at 23 cents, which, he said, he regarded as extremely moderate and less than the imposition in Germany and France. He foreshadowed a further increase in the income tax, which he now regarded as a permanent part of Great Britain's fiscal machinery. He declared that with proper legislation and wise Administration it would come to be con- sidered the fairest of all taxes and cap- able of very wide expansion in time of public emergency. The Prime Minister said the people must be prepared to give a large de- finition of the terns "emergency" as not only applying to an outbreak of war, but also to preparation for war, while it would not be a wholly illegitimate expansion of the term to include therein pressing needs of social reform. o THE MAN IN THE PEW GiPSY SMITH GIVES HEARERS SOME POINTED ADVICE. Curiosity Seekers Welcomed at the Meetings—Toronto's Cesspools of Iniquity and the Responsibility for Them. Toronto despatch -"Curiosity seekers." On more than one occasion a large pro- portion of the units forming the large gatherings which have assembled at Mas- aey Hall to hear Gipsy Smith have been so denominated, That .such is the case cannot be denied, neither is it regretted by the promoters' of the mission. Gipsy Smith himself in one of his addresses yesterday dealt with the very point. He instanced the case of Zaccheus, the publican, who'climbed a tree in order to sea Christ as He passed by, and who has been called a "curiosity seeker" by many theologians. With the curiosity which leads to a desire to know the truth, he finds no fault, and welcomes such as affording opportunity for eon- viction, Really it was following out this idea when he said at yesterday after- noon's meeting that he would rather see a. new Pentecost among church members than ten thousand conversions. If there could be such a visitation of the spirit then the city would be stirred front end to end. HISTORICAL ALLEGORY. The Rev. R. A. Sims, of the Church of the Messiah, in his preliminary `address at the afternoon meeting of the mission, likened the history of Israel to an allegory through which the Holy Ghost would speak to each one. The bondage in Egypt, the wandering in the wilderness, and tke conning to the promised land were all expressive of ex- periences in the Christian life. "It was not God's purpose to keep Israel in the wilderness for 'forty years," declared Gipsy Smith, "and when God brings a man out of the bondage of sin, He mean•e to bring hint to his own place." But still there were many who, after the first revelation, wandered about as in a wilderness, making no progress, as did the children of Israel of old. "Lots of people," he said, "are always seeking a little more religion. They are glad that Jesus loves them, but yet they manage to stray. I believe that Christ means us to have perpetual victory, and if we have not it is because we are contented with doubt and darkness, Before us is the Jordan, but we are not prepared to get our feet wet." Again: "What a lot of us pray the sante old prayer; just a string of the same old phraseology. There is no growth. If the preacher has a good time on Sunday we may be lifted to the mountain top, but by Wednesday we are back in the fog again. SOME STRIKING PHRASES. "Stop talking about the man in the .street, and talk about the man in the pew. The reason the elan in the street won't cone to church is because he has .enough of you six days in the week, and •cannot believe in your C•'hristianity, ".Don't you hurt God by being satis- fied with yourself. "If you live beneath the cross you will have large ideas of God's pur. poses, Oh for a wader outlook, a mightier faith, and a spirit of dar- ing!" These are some of the phrases from a sermon that went .bonne, WHAT ABOUT THE CESSPOOLS? The responsibility of the people of 'Toronto for the removal of theF cess= pools of iniquity existing in their midst •was forced straight home by Gipsy ,Smith to those who filled Massey Hall :to the doors at the evening meeting, Gipsy Smith read tho story, in the fifth chapter of Saint John's Gospel, of the sick man at the pool of Bethesda, whom no one would lift down into the pool, and whom Jesus healed. How was it that no one had helped this roan, and all the others who were lying there? Where were the religious people at that time? Way did they not take these people to Jesus to be helped? It was because no one eared. So in our own day, "What about the Bethesdas in your own city?" he said. "What about your drunkard and the maker of your drunkard? What about the gambler, and the system which makes his gambling possible? Do you care enough to help these people and clean up these pools in your midst?" The amount they cared, Gipsy Smith said, would be shown by what they were willing to do. They were right here in the midst of the people all three classes which were at the pool of Bethesda, the blind, the halt and the withered. Gipsy Smith himself led the vast audi- ence in the singing of "I Need Thee Every Hour," and showed great control over them, starting them without piano or organ. Audience and pianist looked to him for time and cadence. In the see- med verse Gipsy Smith lowered his voice to scarcely above a whisper, and every one followed him. Again he raised his voice, and the hall reverberated with the full sound of all their voices. STATE TAXATION. Report Which Shows Much Diver- sity in Some Matters. Washington, May 24,— An unique and interesting report dealing with State tax- ation of manufacturing, mercantile, transportation and transmission corpor- ations was made public to -day by Herb- ert Knox Smith, commissioner of corpor- ations. The part; of the report transmit- ted to President Taft concerns particu- larly the six New England States. It is expected that additional parts dealing with other groups of States will be 'tab- lished later. Commissioner Smith points out that while the taxation of individuals throughout New England is on substan- tially the same basis, there is a wide di- versity among the several States in both the theory am practice of the taxation of corporations. lie noted as particu- larly interesting the Massachusetts plan of taxation of "corporate excess" on the market value of stock—lees property otherwise taxed. It is pointed out, too, that Massachu- setts alone succeeds appreciably in ef- forts to tax specially the manufacturing and mercantile corporations. The railroads, too, are the largest tax- payers. Public service corporittipzla are, most often brought under ned systems of taxation. o•♦ BLIND PIGS. Ontario's Treasury Receives $2,840 From the Cobalt District. Cobalt despatch—Ovef fifty men and women were summoned to -day for running blind pigs in Cobalt, and $2,840 las already been paid in fine by sixteen defendants. tinder this new and more vigorous law $100 is charged for the first offence, and this it was that ran up the fines into four figures, as nearly all the defendants were first offenders, though the houses they were running have been pulled time and time again. Penalties ranging from $100 to $400 were imposed in record time by Magis- trate Atkinson this afternoon. There are twenty more cases to deal with to. morrow, and a like amount in fines is likely to be obtained, bringing the amount drawn from the sellers of whiskey into the treasury of the pro- vince $6,000 in two days. OUT OF JAIL. Generals Stoessel and Admiral Nebogatoff Released. St. Petersburg, May 24.—Lieut.-Gen- Anatoleni Stoessel and ,Rear Admiral Nebogatoff have been released from con- finement in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul by order of Emperor Nicholas. The health of both men has been gravely affected by their confinement. Gen. Stoessel was found guilty by court-martial of surrendering the for- tress of Port Arthur to the Japanese, and was serving a sentence of ten years' imprisonment. Nebogatoff was sentenced to be in- terned in a fortress for the same length of time for surrendering to the enemy at the battle of the Sea of Japan. ♦.s ROOM FOR SMUGGLEFIS. Allegations Made in Non -Jury Civil Toronto despatch—Evidence of alleged smuggling carried on en connection with. a business in 'Windsor was given in a civil action brought by Alfred W. Reid, of Toronto, against the estate of the late Jaeob Delbel, Judgment was re- served by Mr. Justice MacMahon, who head the case yesterday in the non - jury assizes. The ease was first reached on Jan. 22 last. but on that day the de. feedannt, Der. Deibel, fell to his death from a window on the fourth storey of a down -town hotel. 0 A Dairy Farms Caripettthon: A committee composed of leading farmers and dairymen representing the Dairy Cattle Breeders' Aesociation and the Dairymen's Associations of Ontario, have completed arriingements for the holding this year of a dairy farms com- petition through Ontario, The prizes will consist of 00 gold and silver medals and diplomats, as well as a large number of special prizes, the details of which have not yet been :arranged.., The Province will be divided into four districts' as follows: From Kingston east; from Kingston to Yonge street, Toronto; western Ontario, north: and south of a line running from Hamilton to Goderich. There evil' be a competi- tion this year for the best farms in'each district, and, five gold and ten •silver medals -will be offered this year in each district. The farms will be judged twice; once about July 1, and again some time dur- ing December, thus giving the judges an opportunity to see the farms under win- ter and summer conditions. Next year the farmsin eastern On- tario and all farms in western Ontario, which win prizes in the competition; this year, will be allowed to compete in spe- cial competitions to decide the best farm in eastern Ontario and the best farm in western Ontario. Two years from now it is proposed to hold a final competi- tion, fn which the leading farms for both eastern and western, Ontario will compete to decide the best farm in the Province. Exceptionally fine prizes will be offered in this final competition. AU branches of farm work will be in- cluded in the competition. In all 1,000 points will bo offered. These points have been subdivided as follows: House and surroundings 150, . farm buildings 150, live stock 200, crops 200, farm man- agement 150, farm machinery 75, perma- nent improvements 75. Several prizes will be offered to the farms that score the highest points on the house and sur- roundings, on poultry, on orchards and other similar departments. Competitions of this kind were held in Ontario some 25 years ago, and cre- ated great interest. The gold medal farmer in the Province at that time was Mr. Simpson Rennie, the well known Farmers' Institute speaker, who now lives in Toronto. The committee which has charge of the competition is composed of Messrs. H. Glendinning, of Manilla; 'G,;A. Gil- lespie, of Teterboro, representing the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's 4Atsoeia- tion; Mr. D. A. Dempsey, ofAt . 'ord, and C. R. Wallace; of Bu yn qy tap resenting ..t •tPe m _r'. said Professor Todd, "I have no doubt that they have been sending messages for years and are still wondering at our stupidity in not replying, "The Martians have found out the things that the people of this planet are still blindly groping for. Upon Mars they have progressed thousands of years beyond us. Many things that are mys- teries here must be an open book there. Once give us a connecting link and in that moment we shall have unsealed a took whiehonly tens of thousands of years of work and study could reveal. DISSOLVE REPUBLIC Advice of French Royalist to Chamber of Deputies. Paris, May 24.-M. Pugliesi-Conti, Na- tionalist member of the Chamber of Deputies, offered a resolution in the Chamber this afternoon, asking Presi. dent Fallieres to exercise the presiden- tial prerogative and dissolve Parliament on the ground of its "impotency." He supported his resolution in a speech, charging that the majority was bringing discredit upon Parliament by utterly neglecting the interest of the country. He said the sole accomplishment of Par liament had been to increase the salar= les of the members, and declared that the "bloc" and the Freemasons were di- viding the patrimony of the country. At this stateemnt M. Baudry D'Asson, Royalist, shouted: "It would be better to dissolve the republic." M. Pressenze, Socialist, agreed with M. Pugliesi-Conti that the majority were bankrupt, but he explained that the Socialists refused to coalesce with the reactionaries. Premier Clemenceau, in a spirited re- ply, insisted that nothing justified the onslaught of M. Pugliesi-Conti. He de- clared that there was greater liberty in France to -day than ever before, and that the only liberty denied was the lib- erty of violence. He defended the poli- cy of the Government, and asked for a vote of confidence, which was given, 379 to 83. CONVICT DIES. U. S. Man Dies in Insane Ward of Penitentiary. Kingston, Ont., despatch— Edward Shurfeldt, who was sentenced in July, 1945. Manitoba to five years in the jttentiat .. for rota• ing , died yesterday in the here'» hewas transferred." The 'cause of 'death was ra1yeis; S`hurfeldt was born in the United States about thirty years ago, and had no relatives in this country ex- cept in Vancouver. He was unmarried. The remains will be interred in Caters, qui cemetery. q.® George" , °o Hteks, of Newtanbrook, Gore, e`toder ham, of York Mills; Simpson' Rennie and W. G. Ellis, of Toronto, and H. B. Cowan, of Peterboro, the secretary. Full particulars about the competi- tion may be obtained from the secre- tary. Already a number of leading farmers in Ontario have indicated their intention to take part in the competi- tion,. which promises tocreate a great Interest and be productive of ntueh good. CREW BITTEN. Mosquitoes Infect Fifteen Men With Malarial Fever. New York, May 24.— The British steamer Vera Stone arrived from Iiing- ston, Jamaica, with practically a new crew on board, having left fifteen men in a hospital at Kingston suffering with pernicious malarial fever, The disease was contracted while the steamer lay in the Madeira River, about 1,500 miles from Para, where the crew, although screened at night with mosquito net- ting, could not altogether escape the at- tacks of mosquitoes. , When the steamer got to sett after leaving Para the crew were stricken un- til at one time only three deck offieers were fit for duty, while the engine room force worked whenever they were able. One man died at sea, and another died after arrival at :Kingston. Fifteen risen were sent ashore for treatment, And their places filled with new men. The vessel was disinfected by the port physi- cian and permitted to proceed. No further illness occurred. TO TALK TO MARS. Professor to Go Up in Balloon in Airtight Tank With "Wireless." New York, May 24.— According to the Herald, Professor David N. Todd, head of Amherst College observatory, 'an- nounced bis plans for picking up mes- sages from Mars by means or Wireles's instruments carried upin a bedlam): to the edge of the earth's atmosphere. . Shut up in an airtight taste, borne aloft in a huge balloon, Professor `Todd will make the first attempt ever made by the inhabitants of the earth to in- tercept messages from the people of the plant Mars, who, astronomers-' are in- clined to think, have been signalling to the earth by means of ether waves for years. The attempt will be tirade in SSeptemn- ber, when the planet is at its nearest point to the earth. Professor Todd will. be accompanied by Leo Stewons, of New York, a celebrated rteronant, who will. endeavor to pilot the balloon to n height of ten miles. The outlay, it is el:pected, will not exceed $5,000. "If tiara are .h.m _ - • •• MRS. TAFT ILL. President's Wife Suffering From Nervous Breakdown, Washington, May 24.—Mrs. Taft, who suffered a nervous breakdown yester- day, was much improved to -day. After the call of Dr. Delaney, the attending physician, at the White House this morning, it was announced that the President's wife had rested comfortably and was much better, Mrs. Taft became ill yesterday while on a trip down the Potomac River with the President and a small party of friends. The excitement, heat and exer- tion, as the President himself expressed it, were too much for her. She slept well last night, however, and whe nDr. Delaney called this morning he was sat- isfied with the progress Mrs. Ta.ft was making in recovering from the nervous collapse. :o DIES OF WORK. At 79, Continues to Labor—Leaves $100,000 to Family. Windsor despateh—ilypolite Milloux, reported to be the richest farmer in Essex county, is dead, from general breakdown, due to his advanced age and strain from over work. He was seventy-nine years of age, but insisted on doing hard manual labor on his farm until he collapsed. He leaves 1 an estate of one hundred thousand del- 1 lars,'to be divided among eight children. Itis farm consisted of nine hunched acres of the best farming land in the county, with a good river frontage. Deceased served over twenty Tears in municipal office, being six years reeve of Sandwieh East. lie was born on a farm where 'Windsor dsor is now located, d e A MARVELOUS OPERATION, • GERMAN SCARE. Stories That Make the English People Look Silly. Story About a German Liner and a. Depot in London. London, May 24—The "German scare" grows apace, and no sooner is one wild rumor laid at rest than another ap- pears to try the nerves of the English people. Last week there was the story of a big German liner filled with troops which it was alleged had entered the Humber, surveyed the possibilities of making a landing, and departed without being sighted by the British warships, with which the North Sea is supposed to be closely dotted, whiel to -day Sir John Barlow, a Liberal member of the House of Commons and a well known merchant, startled the country with the sensational suggestion that the Germans have established a depot of arms con- taining 50,000 Mauser rifles in the cen- tre of London, together with 7,500,000 rounds of ammunition, for the use of 86,000 trained German soldiers now em- ployed in various capacities in England. As an evidence that Sir John at- taches some credence to this remark- able story, he has notified War Secre- tary Haladne of his intention to ques- tion him concerning it In Parliament. EXPLODED AT MASS. Almost a Panic in Catholic Church at Hull. Ottawa, May 24—While Adelard Blon- din was prodding a dynamite cap with a match yesterday morning at the chil- dren's mass in Holy Redeemer Church, Hull, it exploded, blowing off two of the youth's fingers and badly mangling his hand. His face also was injured. The explosion occurred during the ser- mon being preached by the pastor, Rev. Father Carriere, and almost created a panic among the several hundred chil- dren in attendance. The clergy and the Christian Brothers present succeeded in calming the young people, who for some little time after the concussion caused by the shot were greatly excited. Young Blondin, it appeared, was given the cap just before mass time by a conmanion, who, it is thought, got several the cement quarries while bringing t( tth- er's dinner there the day before. e,• WILL CASE. The Alleged Pious Will of a Farmer's Sen. Toronto despatch—When informed of the provisions of his father's will, Jas. Leach, of Trafalgar Township, Halton, said he hoped his father was suffering the torments of the lower regions. The words used by Leach may have keen loss euphonious, but the above are those em- ployed by Mr. Justice MacMahon in referring to the terms in which Leach expressed his feelings to Mr, W, ik Young, one of his father's executor when told that the farm was to be sold after his mother's death and the pro- ceeds divided equally among James and his five sisters. His Lordship dismissed the action yes- terday morning, holding that the provi' sions in the will leaving it to the dig• cretion of the executors to either invest the principal of James' share and pal him the interest, or to hand him the whole, was reasonable, in view of his treatment of his father and the intone peranee which had caused. it, DANGER IN TUMBLERS. English Medical Journal Points Out Chances of Infection, London, May 24.—The Lancet has discovered another danger, that of the use of a tumbler or other drinking vessel which possesses neither a handle nor stem. "It does not require the refine- ments of bacteriology or chemistry," says the Lnneet, "to indicate that hi common places of refreshment the tum- bler may readily be a source of contann- ination to the drinker," The medical journal likewise considers that there are hygienic reasons in favor of the modern teacup with handles, which supplemented the handleless bowl. 4 It ACQUITTED OF PERJURY. Judge Tells Accused Jury Should Have Found Him Guilty. Toronto despatch—E.J. Davis, charged with perjury in connection with an action brought against the Street Rail- way Company by Mrs. Caidicott at. the March assizes, was found not guilty by tate jury at the session yesterday. Davis is a weak-minded individual and nearly fainted in the witness box. when nutlet "rosy -examination by t'roe n Attorney lrayton. After dismissing the jury, who took nearly two hours to arrive at their de - emelt, Judge Wittcheeter, addressing Davis, said: "You are discharged, as the ury have found you net guilty, aithcuglt upon the evidence they should have ound you guilty.. 1 am glad for your alert they have done so, as you are von]" Successfully Performed by Unskilled Persons in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Man., May 24.— A mar- t vellous story et a delicate surgieal oper. anon perforated by unskilled persons comes from St, Laurent, Man. What is known as the Caesarian operation was performed with a eommon razor after the death of a Mee. Louse, wife of a resident of the distriet, by neighbors, lu the ab settee of a t f f s